WEEK 4 - OPEN LAB: Key Topic – Small Business Certifications This week’s lab is set up as Open Office hours for you to attend to get extra help. It's designed to help you get caught up, ask questions, review homework, AMA: ask-me-anything, or anything else you may need support with. LAB TOPIC: What are Small Business Certifications What are the different types of certifications Why do you need them How to team with certified small...

Engaging employees, customers, and partners is an ever-increasing challenge for organizations today due to information overload. Organizations need to provide personalized and compelling learning experiences, custom tailored to the needs and expectations of its learners. Learning portals offer an ideal means to make learning and collaboration accessible, meaningful, quickly digestible, and continuously fresh. We’ll discuss how learning p...

The increasing frequency and scale of reported cyber attacks, highlights the need for a cybersecurity workforce of sufficient size and quality to meet the evolving threat environment. To address this need, some cybersecurity experts call for enhanced professionalization requirements. Certification, licensure, skill-based competency exams, and a national association all have been advanced as components of a comprehensive workforce strategy to a...

According to Brandon Hall Group’s 2014 Compliance Survey, 90% of companies say it is important to be able to demonstrate learning compliance to an external agency, and about half of those say it is critical to their business. In highly-regulated industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing and aviation, more than 70% of companies say compliance is critically important to their business. In these and other “high consequence...

Please join FPMI Events along with the Federal Management Institute (FMI) for a 1-day Pre-Retirement Planning Seminar for Federal Employees. This seminar will equip potential retirees with an understanding of retirement eligibility, various benefits, insurance options, estate planning, investing, work options, and post-retirement quality of life. The session will specifically cover: Retirement Eligibility Benefit Computations Survivor Benefits...

Please join FPMI and the Federal Management Institute for a Human Resources Symposium. This one day event will offer a variety of informative sessions geared towards HR professionals. Human Resources Symposium Sessions The Practice of HR Consulting w/ Teresa Jenkins While federal departments and agencies differ as to their missions, they all share the need to accomplish their missions effectively and efficiently with a focus on results. The on...

The Federal Reduction-in-Force Procedures course teaches participants the procedures to be followed when faced with separation or downgrading an employee because of a Reduction-in-Force (RIF). Course content includes defining the competitive area; assigning competitive levels; determining retention levels; releasing employees from a competitive level; separating employees by RIF; and addressing RIF notices, RIF appeal rights, retirement, compe...

The Federal Reduction-in-Force Procedures course teaches participants the procedures to be followed when faced with separation or downgrading an employee because of a Reduction-in-Force (RIF). Course content includes defining the competitive area; assigning competitive levels; determining retention levels; releasing employees from a competitive level; separating employees by RIF; and addressing RIF notices, RIF appeal rights, retirement, compe...

The Human Resource Competencies for Federal Supervisors course is designed to help new supervisors acquire the skills they need to make effective Human Resource Management decisions. The course provides the knowledge and skills-base essential for establishing a solid foundation for making human resource management decisions and supports federal supervisors in meeting critical human resource management competencies. The design includes a wide v...

Please join FPMI and the Federal Management Institute for a Labor and Employee Relations Symposium. This two-day event will offer a variety of informative sessions geared towards Federal LR and ER professionals. Session Topics Include: Building Interest Based Relationships Beyond Mediation: An Introduction to Multiple Methods for Conflict Resolution Performance vs. Conduct; Walking the Fine Line Handling ULPs Effectively Merit Systems Principl...